Mozilla Firefox resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Mozilla Firefox. The impacted element is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to resource management. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2011-3659. Additionally, an exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox (Web Browser) (the affected version unknown). It has been rated as very critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Use-after-free vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 3.6.26 and 4.x through 9.0, Thunderbird before 3.1.18 and 5.0 through 9.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.7 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to incorrect AttributeChildRemoved notifications that affect access to removed nsDOMAttribute child nodes.

The weakness was released 02/01/2012 by TippingPoint with TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative as Bug 708198 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared for download at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2011-3659. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 06/09/2025).

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as highly functional. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 68443 (Oracle Linux 4 / 5 / 6 : firefox (ELSA-2012-0079)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Oracle Linux Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 119906 (Red Hat Update for Xulrunner Firefox (RHSA-2012:0079)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 12418.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (18870), Tenable (68443), SecurityFocus (BID 51753†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-34372†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-4588, VDB-4589, VDB-4591 and VDB-4590. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 10.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.6

VulDB Base Score: 10.0
VulDB Temp Score: 9.6
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
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Nessus ID: 68443
Nessus Name: Oracle Linux 4 / 5 / 6 : firefox (ELSA-2012-0079)
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OpenVAS ID: 70738
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: firefox
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Saint ID: exploit_info/firefox_attributechildremove_use_after_free
Saint Name: Firefox AttributeChildRemoved Use After Free

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MetaSploit ID: mozilla_attribchildremoved.rb
MetaSploit Name: Firefox 8/9 AttributeChildRemoved() Use-After-Free
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

09/23/2011 🔍
01/31/2012 +130 days 🔍
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02/01/2012 +1 days 🔍
02/01/2012 +0 days 🔍
02/01/2012 +0 days 🔍
07/12/2013 +527 days 🔍
03/23/2015 +619 days 🔍
06/09/2025 +3731 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 708198
Researcher: TippingPoint
Organization: TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2011-3659 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-3659
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-60056

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SecurityFocus: 51753 - Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey Ogg Vorbis Files Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 34372 - Mozilla Firefox, SeaMonkey and Thunderbird \x27nsDOMAttribute\x27 Memory Corruption Vulnerability, Critical

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 06/09/2025 18:32
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (71), 04/09/2017 14:23 (13), 11/29/2021 09:24 (3), 11/29/2021 09:26 (1), 06/09/2025 18:32 (22)
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Cache ID: 216:DF5:103

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